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    "localId": "40169",
    "label": "Netsuke of a Cat Warming Himself Next to a Sencha Brazier",
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    "id": "40169",
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Netsuke of a Cat Warming Himself Next to a Sencha Brazier",
    "description": "A carved ivory netsuke of a cat warming himself next to sencha brazier. Inscribed on the bottom of the brazier. Inscription on the teapot.",
    "date": "late 19th century (Meiji)",
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    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.2,
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        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 1 1/4 × W: 1 3/8 × D: 1 7/16 in. (3.2 × 3.5 × 3.7 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Japanese",
    "inscriptions": "[Signature] Rantei; [Transcription] Hogen; [Transcription] Shunkin; [Translation] \"\"spring koto\"\"",
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